FIRST AT TEN. DISBELIEF.. AFTER A DEADLY WEEKEND IN OMAHA...("He was just a sweet, goofy fun-loving kid I loved him with all my heart and now he's gone.) WE HAVE THE LATEST ON áMULTIPLE SHOOTINGS.. INCLUDING ONE THAT ENDS WITH AN OFFICER OPENING FIRE. IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES SATURDAY, TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED, TWO OTHERS INJURED.. GOOD EVENING, I'M ROB McCARTNEY I'M MELISSA FRY IN FOR BRANDI PETERSEN .. POLICE SHOT AND KILLED THE GUNMAN IN THAT CASE.. THEN 12 HOURS LATER -- A DOUBLE HOMICIDE ACROSS TOWN. A VIOLENT WEEKEND WHERE WE'RE JUST áSTARTING TO SEE THE EFFECTS FOR THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ADRIAN WHITSETT JOINS US LIVE. TONY VAZZANO WAS TRIMMING GRASS.., HELPING OUT A FRIEND'S UNCLE SATURDAY. WHEN HE BECAME THE FINAL áVICTIM -IN THE SHOOTING SPREE. HIS DAD, JOE TELLS ME. HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY. HE MAY NEVER KNOW. BUT HE KNOWS HIS SON WAS FULL OF LIFE ...LOVED PEOPLE...AND THAT'S HOW HE'LL REMEMBER HIM. ("Tony was working two jobs so he could get some extra money to get airfare to go visit his sister.") WITH A HEART MUCH BIGGER THAN HIS FRAME ....JOE VAZZANO SAYS HIS YOUNGEST SON TONY ...WAS THE ULTIMATE áPEOPLE PERSON. ("Heart like a lion, I mean a heart like a lion. And he reflected that in his life he was full of life ") HE NEVER MET SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T LIKE HIS SON.("if I sat here and said Tony was an angel every one of his friends would fall off their chair laughing cause he was full of life. Loved to party, loved Nebraska football.") IT'S HARD FOR JOE TO DESCRIBE THE FEELING -- REFUSING TO BELIEVE IT WAS TONY'S TIME. WHEN AN UNKNOWN MAN SHOT HIM SATURDAY NEAR 34TH AND F.("how somebody could just come up and take his life like that, that is unbelievable its hard to get your arms around that. ") JOE SAYS THE PAIN NOW --IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT'S COMING. AND HE KNOWS...JOE AND HIS WIFE HAD TO BURY THEIR OLDEST SON áTOO.("the first christmas without him, not seeing him around anymore. not hearing him laugh. We lost our oldest boy six years ago and now we lost our baby.") JOE DOESN'T THINK ASKING WHY HELPS. THERE'S NO ANSWER. JUST MEMORIES OF THE BOY WITH THE LION-SIZED HEART.("He was just a sweet, goofy fun- loving kid I loved him with all my heart and now he's gone.") TODAY, OMAHA POLICE CHIEF TODD SCHMADERER DETAILED SATURDAY'S EVENTS.. EXPLAINING HOW TONY VAZZANO WAS THE á4TH VICTIM IN THE MAN'S SHOOTING SPREE AND HOW OFFICER CORAL WALKER...FINALLY CAUGHT THE MAN, THE SUSPECT STILL UNNAMED (schmaderer: "he was described as angry, he's on foot, and he's involved in four shootings.") KILLING TONY VAZZANO AND PASCUAL BAUTISTA- RAYMUNDO. AFTER HE'D ALREADY SHOT AARON ANDERSON AND ANGEL CABRERA. POLICE CHIEF TODD SCHMADERER SAID THE 5 FOOT 4 140 POUND HISPANIC MAN WAS ON A MISSION.( ááá48:57 - in my opinion this individual was not going to stop. He was on a mission in my opinion and :08 its clearly defined with the string of shootings that he had, he was not going to stop :) BEFORE HE COULD GET OUT OF THE AREA...RETIRED POLICE OFFICER VIRGIL PATLAN AND OTHERS FOLLOW THE SUSPECT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.( 45:55 - these witnesses put themselves in harms way to save lives and they represent everything good in our city (5)) UNTIL 13-YEAR-VETERAN CORAL WALKER CONFRONTS THE MAN.( CHIEF SCHMADERER: walker yells verbal commands to show his hands and the suspect turns and point a gun at walker - officer walker and suspect engage in gun battle with officer walker striking the suspect and the suspect falls.) CHIEF SCHMADERER CALLED IT NOTHING SHORT OF A GUN BATTLE. WITH WALKER'S CRUISER TAKING HITS AS WELL.. AND IF NOT FOR WALKER'S ACTIONS...THE CHIEF SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE VICTIMS THERE MIGHT BE.(he was heading to a populated area, and officer walker intervened into this individuals life and his terror at the moment, and that is the only reason he stopped in my opinion.") SCHMADERER SAID THERE IS ANOTHER PERSON THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHO WAS WITH THE SHOOTER AT 31ST AND HASCALL.. HE TOOK OFF IN AARON ANDERSON'S 1995 BLUE THUNDERBIRD WITH IOWA PLATES BBH-574.. ANDERSON AND ANGEL CABRERA WERE LAST LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT ALEGENT CREIGHTON HEALTH.. REPORTING LIVE, ADRIAN WHITSETT, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN.

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